Pentagon acquisition chief John Young this week asked for a broad revision of laws governing the acquisition of goods and services during contingencies in an attempt to implement recommendations made by the Gansler Commission last fall, according to documents and sources. Young's request is included in a Feb. 24 memo to the Defense Department's director of the office of legislative counsel, Christian Marrone. The document details six so-called "legislative proposals," which Young said should be processed "without delay" so officials...
